AI is set to transform science – but will we understand the results?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage in basic science. The five winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry...
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AI is just one of the thorny issues facing photography – here’s how the industry can prioritise ethics
Photography is an immensely powerful medium. Unlike paintings or drawings, photographs have long been connected to ideas of truth and...
Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood
Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of...
Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves
ShutterstockIrish writer John Connolly once said: The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another’s pain as one’s own,...
Generative AI can boost innovation – but only when humans are in control
The key to maximizing AI's potential lies in understanding the distinct but complementary roles that both humans and AI play....
Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they’re decades away
Threepio schmeepio. TeslaThe walking, talking, dancing Optimus robots at the recent Tesla demonstration generated huge excitement. But this turned to...
For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. But an AI-powered Auslan avatar can help
Denis Belitsky/ShutterstockFor Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they catch their...
4 ways AI can be used and abused in the 2024 election, from deepfakes to foreign interference
The American public is on alert about artificial intelligence and the 2024 election. A September 2024 poll by the Pew...
The government has a target for Indigenous digital inclusion. It’s got little hope of meeting it
Digital inclusion for Indigenous communities is important. It’s so important, in fact, that the government has made it one of...
As automation showdowns with workers continue, India’s Kerala state offers an important lesson
Nearly 50,000 dockworkers from the International Longshoremen’s Association went on strike across the United States Eastern Seaboard in October. The...
